I’m confused. Why are some of the same letters colored multiple colors? D and B for example. Also, I don’t teach this level math, but am trying to modify for my students. However, in order to do that, I am having to solve the original questions myself. I realize it has been a while since I’ve had to solve questions like this, but I’m pretty sure I’ve worked them out correctly, yet my pictures are not matching up.

I am so sorry to have missed your comment. I hope you figured it out. Those are difficult problems. Since we are doing common core this year, I won’t be teaching that topic, so I will have to make it easier, too!

I can’t figure out how the students know what to color. I notice that many letters are cut in half and colored 2 different colors and that 2 different letters are the same color. How did you approach this? Thanks for any help.

Hi!
The square next to the problem tells them how to shade or what to draw in the square. The answer tells them which lettered squares to shade that way. This one has them shade the background and the beak and draw some features. I tell them to shade lightly in pencil. When they have finished then they can color over the pencil with a dark color. Some of my students actually erase the pencil once they see the shape. I let them choose the colors.